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November 9, 2009 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Should Web sites bossed by ad agencies replace your daily newspaper someday?

The CEO of giant WPP Group—a global ad-agency holding company with major financial firepower and a fondness for acquisitions—complains of

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November 6, 2009 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Ad biz’s Gordon Gekko sees lines blurring between news and ads—and WANTS news biz to shrink

Sy Solomon the imaginary real estate tycoon is pals with the imaginary George McWilliams, executive editor of the imaginary Washington

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September 10, 2009 Media / The Solomon Scandals

How some newspapers sell out to Wall Street

The corrupt Washington Telegram in The Solomon Scandals is, mercifully, fictitious. But in real life, some newspapers are selling out

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September 2, 2009 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Is a big newspaper a military-style organization—or factory in disguise?

Military veterans have been some of the most appreciative readers of The Solomon Scandals. I’m not surprised. Jon Stone, the

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June 4, 2009 Media / Politicians / Sen. Ribicoff / The Solomon Scandals

The Jonathan Stone-David Rothman Q. & A.

Jonathan Stone, the reporter in The Solomon Scandals, grilled me for this Q. & A.—uncut. STONE: Why’s Scandals copyrighted in

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May 11, 2009 Internet

Scandals and the Internet—or lack of it

The Detroit Free Press and the rival News decided to print home-delivery editions just three days a week. Competition from

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December 21, 2008 Buying info

‘Solomon Scandals’ goes on sale now as e-book; January delivery in trade paperback

Psst! Advance promo copies of The Solomon Scandals are on sale now in e-book format (retail $5.95 USD). Twilight Times

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December 20, 2008 Uncategorized

Deep Throat is dead—and so are the old rules of investigative journalism

Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, the whistleblower in the FBI who blew open much of the Watergate scandal for the

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November 29, 2008 Uncategorized

The ACTUAL Telegram?

A friend and I had just seen a movie with a soft-spoken and obscenity-free editor, a balding Boy Scout of

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